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  The Northwest Centre for the Social and Legal Protection of the Romany People presents a new educational project. In 2004, with the support of our long-time partners, the French organisation CCFD, our Centre will begin working in several schools…

This conference, organised by the Northwest Centre for the Social and Legal Protection of the Romany People, was held on 22 September 2003 at Aleksandrovskaya secondary school, in the Pushkin district of St. Petersburg. The seminar was attended by teachers…

It is possible that some of you are aware that, starting in June 2003, “Memorial” has implemented a program of free medical assistance to elderly people of gypsy (Roma) origin in St. Petersburg and the Leningrad and Pskov regions.

We continue to tell about schools where Gypsy children study. Today the discussion is about School No. 414 in the village of Volodarka. It recently became fifty years old. By today’s measures, the school is small – almost 300 children…

The Education of Romani Children Has Become a Subject for Discussion amongst Academics, Social activists and Officials

Diverse work on getting children of various nationalities, including gypsy children, to go to school has long been going on at School 462 in Pushkin region. Today the third generation of gypsies living in Alexandrovskaya is studying at the school,…

The roundtable devoted to the Human Rights Day was organised as a part of the 16th International film festival on human rights “Stalker.” The UN senior adviser on human rights in Russia, Russian human rights activists working on discrimination (the…

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In 2009, parents of Roma children from Nizhnie Vyazovye village, Tatarstan Republic addressed ADC MEMORIAL with a request to render assistance in protection of children’s rights to education. The parents complained about the quality of education (the children had difficulties…

A seminar for the representatives of the Korean community in St.Petersburg took place on November 20th in the St.Petersburg House of Nationalities. The seminar was held on the initiative of the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Korea in St.Petersburg…